Okudo, Katsushika-ku
Artist
Issei Suda
(Japanese, 1940 - 2019)
Date1976
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 9/16 × 8 7/16 inches (21.75 × 21.43 cm)
Sheet: 12 3/16 × 10 inches (30.96 × 25.4 cm)
Sheet: 12 3/16 × 10 inches (30.96 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.289
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil.
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "66" [circled].
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DescriptionImage of woman standing in grass with head and shoulders slumped forward so that her hair covers her entire face.Gallery LabelIssei Suda pictures mysterious moments taken from his everyday life in Japan. His square format street views of Tokyo from the 1970s and 1980s, as seen in this photograph, often picture subjects caught in awkward, private moments. Suda views these pictures as personal perspectives on life in a city that holds on to certain traditions while constantly changing. Suda has said that photography allows him to “observe things objectively without getting deeply involved…it can be quite fun because I can construct my own drama in my mind.”
Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Copyright© Estate of Issei Suda
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